What are the Different Types of Pest Control Methods

Pests are the organisms that interfere in your home and harm human occupancy and also affect human health. They mainly transmit infections and diseases to humans. It can be bacteria, fungi, birds, rodents, and several invertebrates like mites, insects, ticks to nematodes causing harm to the property and human life.



Pest control Burlington provides several solutions to exterminate all kinds of household insects and rodents. They are having experienced and well-trained exterminators in order to provide reliable and thorough pest control and extermination services in a quick and effective manner.

Several pests like mosquitoes, termites, bed bugs, and cockroaches gives a harmful effect on your surroundings and food supplies. Pest control service providers use different methods to eliminate and manage the different types of pests in your surroundings. The following are some of the common types of pest control methods.

Chemical Pest Control:

Chemical pest control involves using chemicals to exterminate any kind of pest. This type of method is one of the most popular methods of pest control because they are highly effective. It provides faster action with immediate results and allows the professional to go to the target location to eliminate the pest. Chemical pest control methods are more effective as it is easy to apply, which helps in destroying hidden pests even in the tiniest places.

Biological Pest Control:

This type of pest control involves the use of living organisms to control the pests in your home. Several biological agents like parasites, plant pathogens, and predators are used as control agents. For example, spotted lady beetles will feed on the larva of Colorado potato beetles and chalcid wasps are the parasites that will feed on the whiteflies.

Biological natural methods of removing pests provide long-lasting results and keep the other living organisms unharmed and prevent damage. This type of pest control method doesn’t need any chemicals or pesticides, so it will not undergo the risk of any health issues. Also, they are less expensive than the chemical method type, because they are made up of natural products that don’t cost much.

Electronic Pest Control:

Electronic pest control uses electromagnetic gadgets to target the nervous systems of certain pests like mice, rodents, ants, etc. Also, ultrasonic devices are also used to emit high-frequency sound waves in order to eliminate small vermin species.

Physical Pest Control:

If you don’t want to use the above-mentioned methods for removing pests, you can prefer physical pest control methods to stop the pests from entering your home. You can use several physical barriers like nets to stop birds and mosquitoes to enter your home. Also, with the help of plastic sheets, you can protect crops from pest infestation.

From the above, you can get a clear understanding of the different types of pest control methods. Halton Pest Control offers a wide variety of pest control services that can help get rid of all types of pets in a single visit.